The Shenandoah Valley Network
A citizen group named The Shenandoah Valley Network has been formed to “educate” the public about the current Star Solution’s plan to widen I-81. To learn more, please read this article in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch.
I didn’t see a website for the group otherwise I would have posted it.
Some things that jumped out at me while reading the article:
-Traffic on the highway tripled in the last 20 years to about 60,000 vehicles per day.
-Tractor-trailers make up half the volume at times in some places.
-Growth rates are projected to bring traffic to a standstill at peak times by 2025.
Anyone who travels I-81 knows that traffic is bad. What’s more, it’s dangerous.
Fixing choke points along the highway is a good start. However, I tend to agree with Star Solutions when they say that in the long run the entire road will need to be widened.
posted by RBV @ 12:17 PM
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Sorry SVN- but soon it'll be time to sell the farm.
Growth is inevitable. Whenever the General Assembly and thus the Commonwealth wanna throw some money to the Valley for transportation, we better take every single penny we can get. Fix it now before its too late.
hi there! The Shenandoah Valley Network is comprised of many different people working on multiple projects, not just on the I-81 expansion project. The website is: www.shenandoahvalleynetwork.org. There you will see many different counties that are facing environmental issues- A very disturbing situation involving the Frederick County residents of Middletown and surrounding areas is up on the website. A giant 639 acre quarry expansion has been proposed on the National Park, Cedar Creek BAttlefield and Belle Grove Plantation borders. This is actually going to be 3 quarries & a 10,000,000 gallon per day water extraction from the Fred Co. Sanitation Authority. The water will be removed from natural aquifers under the ground before they reach the Cedar Creek & subsequently the endangered Shenandoah River. There is a public hearing coming up to re-zone this untouched rural agricultural land to Extractive Manufacturing (including concrete/asphalt production- i.e. Industrial parks) on June 7th at the Winchester Admin. Building at 107 Kent Street. Time: 7:00 pm- please voice your concerns for our beautiful, historic MIddletown...if you have any questions, please email preservefrederick@yahoo.com or visit the Shenandoah Valley Network's site.
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